CORD LEADER AND HIS TROOPS VOW TO BOYCOTT THE POLLS.

CORD leader waving to the crowd

By David Muli

Police in Nairobi yesterday adopted a surprising tactic in dealing with Cord demonstrators by leaving them to march along some city streets without barring their procession at any point.

Unlike two weeks go when Cord leaders and protesters ran into a hail of tear gas and water cannons, the demonstrators led by Raila Odinga yesterday  encountered no police obstruction as they marched from Uhuru Park, through Uhuru Highway, Kenyatta Avenue, University Way past the electoral commission’s Anniversary Towers offices and back to the park.

 CORD now wants the Government to either talk or have the frequency of the protests increased to twice a week. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, his co-principal Moses Wetang’ula and their troops within CORD also vowed to boycott the polls. . Mr Wetang’ula said any public institution that has lost public confidence is not worth being in office.